Mask "mwanyi ogada" · Nigeria, Igbo-Izzi · ID: 3037158
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Size
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, remains of polychrome paint, facial scarifications, three-parted coiffure, carved with inserted comb backside, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
used during the “okpegerede” masquerade.
The object Mask “mwanyi ogada” with the object ID 3037158 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 292.
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Expertise
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, 01.05.2003, Munich
Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Chike, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 152, ill. 266